A Deal with the Heartless Man novel

---- Chapter 14, Emma adapted pretty quickly to life in Feltha. To cut off all connections with her past, she discarded her phone and SIM card before going abroad. Still, she could not help but think of Lucas sometimes and how he must be feeling quite sad about her leaving without a proper goodbye. However, Emma did not have much of a choice. What she needed was the child that she was carrying. Emma did not want to put her faith in men anymore.

Her attorney said that the progress of her divorce lawsuit went much smoother than he had expected . Seth did not get a lawyer to represent him during the court trials. He also agreed to their propositions regarding asset division without much objection. Emma was not exactly that surprised to hear about it. The Seth she knew was cool-headed and decisive. He probably wanted to divorce her as soon as possible.

The quicker he got this over with, the sooner he could marry June, whom he truly desired. After a brief pause, her attorney continued, "The defendant contacted me in private and asked if I had your contact details. He said he had a few things he ---- needed to talk to you about. Would you like to talk to him, Ms. Burton?" "No," Emma replied firmly. "You can tell him that I don't even want to hear his voice. I won't bother him ever again, so please tell him to stay out of my life too.

" After she ended the call, Emma noticed that Gigi was standing by the door and beaming broadly at her. "T guess you weren't lying when you said you already got over Seth. Well, it just so happens that a party's being held tonight. You should come to the party with me. "The guests are from the circles we're familiar with. Some of the wealthiest people based in Javena will attend the party. The Gardners will be there too. You've heard of the Gardner family, right ?

They're the richest family in Brempton." Emma hesitated for a bit before nodding. She would eventually inherit some of the Burton family's assets and properties . Moreover , she had plans to start her own company. Emma wanted to be able to provide her child with the best support when the child was born. She did not want to give up on expanding her connections either. She nodded. "Alright.

I'll go with you." A lot of people showed up at the venue since it was an ---- event organized by the Gardner family. The guests were mostly well-known, influential people. Emma was only a little over four weeks pregnant. It was rather difficult to tell that she was pregnant since she was pretty slim to begin with. With their arms linked, Emma and Gigi met and spoke to different people during the party. Gigi winked at her. "You have no idea how many men were looking at you just now.

You literally exude radiance ever since you got divorced." Emma's lips turned up ina smile. She did feel like she could finally breathe again after leaving Seth. After all, Emma had been humiliated time and time again when she was still with Seth back then. An acquaintance smiled and walked up to Emma, saying that they would like to have a toast with her. Emma was trying to come up with an excuse to politely refuse when someone with a large hand took her glass from her hand.

A deep, husky voice said beside her, "I'm sorry. She's pregnant, so she can't drink for the time being." Emma stiffened when she heard that voice. She had an incredulous look on her face as she glanced over her shoulder. ---- Lucas , whom she had not seen for quite some time, stood somewhere behind her. He looked dashing and elegant. He was clad in a suit. Emma had a look of bewilderment in her eyes. Her acquaintance nodded at Lucas and greeted him respectfully. "Mr.

Gardner." Emma's eyes bulged with shock. What baffled her even more was the fact that Lucas had found out she was pregnant. Vincent Gardner snaked an arm around Emma's waist as if it was the most natural thing to do. Then, he lightly placed his free hand on her lower abdomen . Before Emma could say anything , Vincent muttered in a gloomy, subdued voice, "Emma, how could you even think of running away after you got pregnant with my child? I'll have to make you pay dearly for doing that to me."